Today’s Comic> World Of Archie FCBD 2026

It’s Archie’s world…and he’s barely in it.

World Of Archie FCBD Edition

Archie Comics Publications (May, 2026)

LETTERER: Jack Morelli

EDITORS: Jamie Lee Rotante, Vincent Lovallo, & Stephen Oswald

There was a time when setting a whole Free Comic Book Day anthology comic around the girls of Riverdale instead of the main character wouldn’t matter so much given that this is WORLD Of Archie and not Archie directly. It still seems odd that they’re focusing on minor characters while trying to promote the main book, but what’s really odd is that only three of the characters are main characters. Two are from the main cast and a third comes from a spinoff. No Josie and the Pussycats and yet music plays a role in more than one story. Let me get into the reviews and I’ll explain.

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BW’s Daily Video> Why Superheroes Need To Be Heroic

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Chapter By Chapter> How To Completely Lose Your Mind chapter 9

Chapter by Chapter features me reading one chapter of the selected book at the time and reviewing it as if I were reviewing an episode of a TV show or an issue of a comic. There will be spoilers if you haven’t read to the point I have, and if you’ve read further I ask that you don’t spoil anything further into the book. Think of it as read-along book club.

We’re almost out of states and out of pages. We’re finishing the Pacific Northwest and the Midwest before going to Alaska in this chapter.

The last chapter showed the stress getting to both of them. They aren’t getting the best sleep a lot of the time plus all the time on the road is clearly taking it out of them. They might succeed but you have to wonder what the cost will be? At least they were relying on each other the whole time, which is good for a couple as well as a performance duo.

We’re on chapter 9 of 11. This is shorter than the last chapter at only 39 pages, but that’s still pretty long even by graphic novel chapter numbers. I’m still wondering how they decided to break up the story, but I’ve been wondering that about chapters for a while now. At any rate we’re starting in Wyoming, and Mother Nature has decided to pile on their problems. Let’s check in with Pocket Vinyl.

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Today’s Comic> Sonic The Hedgehog Comics Giveaway Day 2026

It looks cool but it does a number on Sonic’s knees.

Sonic The Hedgehog #1 Comics Giveaway Day 2026

IDW Publishing (May, 2026)

WRITER: Ian Flynn

PENCILER: Tracy Yardley

INKERS: Jim Amash & Bob Smith

COLORIST: Matt Herms

LETTERER: Corey Breen

EDITORS: Joe Hughes & David Mariotte

This is a reprint of the first issue, minus the Skylanders ashcan section. Yes, I looked it up.

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BW’s Daily Video> 5 Stories From History…That Are Totally False

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Jake & Leon #683> That Darn Truck

I still can’t draw manga style.

That’s why I spared you two panels of that guy. Plus my inconsistency issues.

Over at The Clutter Reports this week I had friends coming over so I didn’t want to do anything that would tire me or not be done on time. So I reluctantly (because I’ve been doing it too often) went through my buffer and reposted my old Scanning My Collection review of G.I. Joe Vs The Transformers II, featuring everybody’s should be favorite Cobra Viper, Percy!

Why didn’t Percy have an ongoing, Devil’s Due? At least bring back in the Energon Universe, Kirkman! On second thought you’d just screw him up by killing him off or grimdarking him up. Never mind.

A few more Free Comic Book Day/Comics Giveaway Day offerings coming up in this week’s comic reviews, including a few I found digitally. Plus I hope to finally read the new Superman/Spider-Man crossover, but they had to make it an anthology. We also have the next chapter of How To Completely Lose Your Mind for Chapter By Chapter and whatever else comes up to discuss. Have a great week, everyone!

Saturday Night Showcase> Star Wars: Clone Wars

Not to be confused with the CG Lucasfilm series (which is technically The Clone Wars), Genndy Tartakovsky’s Clone Wars is Star Wars in his signature action style, on the same level as Samurai Jack. Airing for two seasons on Cartoon Network (which is why I doubt Disney cares if I use someone’s YouTube upload), season one was a “micro-series”, a series of 11 minute shorts exploring some of the bigger battles of the Clone Wars. Season two went full length, taking time to explore the characters closely and leading up to the events of Revenge Of The Sith, including Palpatine’s “kidnapping” and the origin of General Grevious’ weezing.

Tonight we look at volume one. This introduces Asajj Ventress, shows the Jedi being awesome, and featuring threats that wouldn’t have worked in the live-action movies or the CG series due to fitting in with Tartakovsky’s high action formula. Sorry for the shorter intro but I’m not sure what else to say. Enjoy.

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